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It A ""Ji! L"J.'1'F "'"I'dM i ihf i Wii! liaaaaigaHBPB&MjBBCTii JMmM.WIIIUyffiiniai MHFIIMJ,tMMJIWI jXTITC). . 11 i , ft r-' 3 VOL. XXX. lultott Iclcqrai)!!. THEY LIVE BY CHEATING. This is What a Colored Man Says of the Radicals. Some Sensible Views as Expressed by an Ex-Slave to a Newspaper Correspondent. In a Shreveport (La.) loiter, dated the 15ll, to the (JinciiuiHli Commercial a correspondent writes that there is a colored man here who litis done what not one in a quarter of a million of his race have succeeded in doing since emancipation. Born and reared a slave, he has since the war accumulated about twelve thousand dollars' worth ot property. The name of tills man is Abucr Hall, lie has the confidence and respect of all classes and colors. In company with a friend I went around to see Hall. lie works at the foundry of J j. W. Jones as a pattern-maker, earning good wages, and putting in every day. I asked him about the political situation of his race in this region, and first as to his own political views. lie said he had always voted with the white people, and used all his influence with his race to get them to do so. "The white people own this country," he said, "and we must live hero if wo live aaywhere. A cold country such as up North doesn't suit. us. This is our home, and wo must be at peace with the white people. They will do the fair thing, if the colored, people do. My idea is that the Conservative party is the party for us colored people to go into. They always nominate the best men for office, and always go for a peaceable government and low taxes. These high taxes which the Radicals put on the country finally come out of the poor negro, if he had sense enough to see it. A while party and a black party, such as we have had so much of here, will ruin any country. Look what is has done for Louisiana. The Radical party is a cheating party. Look how they got us all to de- Ixisit our money in what limy called the i'reednmn's baiik and then stole it. Little do they for the nigger except to get his voto and steal what little money he makes through the banks.'.' ' "Did you lose anything by the Frecd-itimi's bank," I asked. "No, sir; but I had a whole year's earnings in there, and just just did get it out in lime. 1 smelt a rat. I took it out and put it in a bank run by men who live here, nud who 1 know will do right. The uext. day I tried to get out $59 that n friend had' in tho old trap, but it had done ehut down, and the money went up ihe spout. Ah, sir, you don't know how much worry and suffering the poor colored men have had about that bank. ttomo had in -$.'100, and Troin that all the way down to fifty cents. -- 'That, sir, is just one of the main reasons why the Conservatives carried tho election in this parish. Tho colored men voted with them right straight along. I think I influenced as many as two hundred myself. I recou more. I worked as hard as I could. I put in my time, for I knew I was doing a good work for my aace." "The Conservatives carried the election did they ?" "Yc, sir, carried it in this paris by over sit hundred majority, as true us you tti" 1 stand here. The counting out of the men wo elected to tho Legislature was l.h biggest' cheat that ever was. What's the use of haviug an election if thev can do. that? The Radical party live by cheating. It is all that they have got to go on. Nobody pretends tiiat I hey carried the election in this parish. You can't find a Radical who will say it. They know we can beat them, and tho Returning board cheated us out of what we had airly won. The Conservative party, sir, its much as has been said about it, would not do that mean." "Did the colored men vote the Conservative ticket freely and voluntarily ?" "Yes, sir ; the election was the fairest nd most quiet wo have ever had here. Everybody says that. But the Returning board counted in the very men that were beaten. What's the use of having an election when they can do that way t" 1 mentioned that it was necessary to count out a few Conservatives so as to give tho Republicans the Legislature. But idr. Hall protested that it was no fair wav to do, and that if the will of the majority can bo set aside that way, we had as well abolish elections and give tho country over entirely to tho Returning boards. .". ESSAY ON" WOMAN. Women are like everything else in this world a very mixed up affair. According to our own observation there aro Women good and womcu bad, ' Woinu gay and women sad. Women big ai.d women small, Women short and women full, Women fat and women lean, ' Women sweet and women mean, Women young and w omen old. Women bought and women sold. Women poor and women rich, And a good many more women sich. The first women in this world was Eve. Eva was a bad girl. She didn't belong to the good templars. Eve liked applo r.idcr too well she wanted her's dry. We never saw Eve, but they say she was a prttty girl. Her fellow was r chap by tho name of . Adam. We ncvea wont to school with him. Eve was like tho rest of her sisters just tell her not'lo lo a thing aud sho would bo sure to do It. Eve must have been a country girl. She didn't care much for fashion, and she made her own clothes without a sewing machine. She would bo rather behind the times should she visit us now. Somo women are very pretty. We don't lifce pretty women there ore al-wavs so many fellows around them. They remind us of a lot of Hies on a molasses stick. Wo like tho molasses but bother the flies. Good women aro plenty in this country, but they will never tell you of it ; von Imvfi trot trail 'cm out yourself Had women are everywhere. They are like rotten apples jn a barrel of good ones apt to throw their decayed influences around -tlicm. They will always try to m.iKo you believe they are good. Don't take a bud woman. She is counterfeit treasure. Look out for trade mark. (iav women aro jolly fellows; always on a laugh, they make you feel good clear to your sleeve buttons. A sad woman ought to wear spectacles with pink-colored glasses in them. That would make Iter look at tho world in a different light. Wo don't know that we like a big woman better than a little one. If she is so big that a step ladder is required to kisi her, wo most respectfully decline in f ivor of the 'small one. As wo reflect further on this subject, wo come to tho conclusion that tho small ones arc always preferable. They have a lenueney l,ang tlioiiiselves around a fellow and we want to furnish tho material for a ''Te'ht.ainean woman. We feel like flavins "deliver us from evil," whenever wo see one. But give us a sweet woman on of nature's own ch.ldren-wttli rosy cheeks aud loving eyes with a noble hearl, a high-toned mind, a pure soul and S healthy body, refined in taste, developed i.. intellect; bo sho poor or rich, voU" or old, largo or small-to such a Jne we could say, "fly unto our arms, darling; we love you." GOSSIP ABOUT STATESMEN. Some Entertainincr Sketches in the United Statose Senat Chamber. Speaking of Johnson recalls Brown-low says the Washington correspondent of tho New york World who is to the Senate what Stephens is to the House. Attendants curry him twice a day to and from his chair, at the extreme left ol the President's desk, 'close to the door. There he sits, pale, attenuated, ghostly, never speaking, never smiling, voting by signs and apparently lifeless, save for the perpetual quiver nnd twitch of a terrible palsy. Such is "Parson Brownlow, of Tennessee." In fitct there are so many disabled Sen ators that the Government has had to put an elevator in their wing to carry them up and down stairs. Morton is partially paralyzed ; Wright, of Iowa, is l.titte; Clayton, a handsome young man, has lost an arm; and Kerry, of Connecticut, is a victim of sonre spinal ditliculty. lie has Sumner's' seat, which being n tho outer row, is very easy of access. Sumner was a very unpopular man among the employes of the Senate the door-keepers and pnges aver that he never vouchsafed them a "good morning." Even his dear Africans ho loved better in tho spirit than iu tho flesh, and they knew it. Personally he was self-satisfied and pompous; association with him was difficult, unless every superiority was conceded to bo his. .J till in Ward Howe went to hint once for some charitable subscription: Madam, said the great Charles, do you think I have -time for individual charities ? My purpose is to reform the world. Forgive me, Mr. Sumner, sho replied, for asking you; but perhaps you forget the Savior of ihe world found time to bless little children. Tipton, Schurz and Fintoti you can distinguish directly from Nitst's caricatures. Tipton is a funny little fellow, Schurz an admirable speaker, but Fen- ton has the most courtly manners in the Senate. Hamlin, of Maine, always wears a dress coat, never an over-coal, Ilis colleague, Mr. Morrill, is the signer of tho Maine Liquor Law. Ho and Mr. Lane of Indiana, met on their way to the Chicago Convention of 18G0. 1 am very much interested in the agriculture of your country, said Senator Morrill; what do you do with all thN corn 'i Well sir, replied Lane, whose constituents' had probably never heard of prohibition law, wo spoil a little of it for bread and put tho rest into whisky.'' Flanniigaii, of Flannogan's Mill's, Texas, is a jolly old fellow, who says whar and thar and rouses the echoes generally when he speaks. Roberlson wears jewelry of fabulous value emerald sleeve-buttons worth a fortune, and diamond studs that ,ould make the idols of Indian jealous. It must not be Inlcrrod -from Hamlin and Robertson that full dress and bijouterie arc common in the Senate, Fur from it. One distinguished gentleman sticks to old clothes from policy. He owes an election to them he says. One of. his friends stumped a district for hint in which lie was unpopular because they said he was an aristocrat. Aristocrat indeed, said the speaker with great enthusiasm, you ought to sco hup. Every rug of clothes ho has in the world isn't worth $10. Gordon, tho Confederate General, i3 a fine-looking, 6okliei'ly fellow. There are llags captured from his itixni in the Onlfiance Museum here. . Bayord, of Delcwarc is the third generation of Senators jti his family. Freliughuysen is something of a swell. ' Edmunds, his neighbor, is the most qunrclsomo of Senators. Tint it n a it looks and moves like Beechcr. Dorsey is only thirty-seven years old, the baby of tho Senate. Cameron is the oldest Senator. Dorsey, Allison and Oglesby have young and pretty wives. Mrs. Senator Sprague was a famous beauty, and is now though her loveliness shines not on us.. bprague canto to the Senate with great prestige, but never lived up to his reputation. However much he may havo disappointed some expectations, he has one universal respect by the promptness with which ho faced his financial milt. His luxurious home here is dismantled, all appurtenances in the way of servants aud carriages dismissed, aud an excellent example set to one or two gcnleiucn of this city, who would bo materially improved by following it. Stewart and Joues are two poor, impecunious miners, with only a few millions a niece Joues especially whose income per month is $250,000. Stewart has built a famous house here, epitomizing all the orders aud disorders knows in architecture, and crowned with the thunderbolt ot immortal love for lightning rods. - STATE SENATOR MoINTYRE. Mr. D. II. Mclntyrc.State Senator from this district, has made an excellent record and impression during his career as a legislator. In debate he is regarded one of the ablest members of the Senate aud as a faithful, honest and industrious representative of the iutcrests of his constituents uoue of his colleagues are his superior. A correspondent of the St. Louis Bepublican who evidently is not ono of your peiiny-a-lino pufiisls says of him : " A long, lean, cadavous,awkward-looking man is Senator Mclutyre. Mr. Wc-In tyre is the Senator from the Ninth district, his place of residence, Mexico, Audrain county. He is a native of Missouri a lawyer by profession, 41 years of age, married, and a Democrat. To judge from his appearance would je to judye tho man incorrectly. At the Senatorial caucus lie delivered his maiden speech, which surprised all who heard hint, and which was intended as a rebuke for the members of his party the gentleman from the Sixth in iiarticular who were indulging in the trickery so common when a Senatorial light is iu progress, liis speech turned - the tide in favor of open, fair and honorable- dealings, and tho result goes to show that his cll'jtls to show up the bummer element were crowned with success. He is considered ouu of the foremost incii in the Senate and his record will show that while ho is strongly iu favor of rclrcuchi'it-iit and reform, ho has never yet ussocialcd himself with what is known us "the honest farmer dodge." Mr. Mclutyre is not en joying the best health in tho world, yet lie is generally found at his pout. . THE DANCE.' ; Dancing itself is a harmless and healthful amusement when not carried to excess; but the seeds ot death are too often sown iu tho ball room, not from (lancing but from the circumstances under which it is curried on. For instance, what can be more likely to produce appoplcxy or eonie serious illness than the practice of eating ices when thoroughly heated by violent exercise ? Again, the atmosphere of many a ball room, crammed as it often is with three times as many people as it can comfortably contain is enough ot itself to poison any one not accliinflti.cd to suffocation by previous training. Then there aro tho sudden changes.of temperature to which young ladies, insufliciontly chid, arc exposed on leaving tho heated rooms as thev return home, overtired and in precisely the siiine condition under which such clitinjres of temperiture are likely to affect them if they have any tendency to luiig-diheuwo. The Into hours also, which uro necessarily kept in the season, cannot be other-wise than prejudicial to the health, both old and young, and probably cattso many illnesses that are unjustly credited to other sources. Mrs, Moulton once threw her arms around Breeder's neck on the way to praye meeting and asked her husband to save this good man. FULTON, CALLAWAY COUNTY, MISSOURI, MAIICII 5, HOW A DETROIT BOY TURNED ! PIRATE. ClIAI'TKU I. THE HOY. He was oiio of that kind of boys who need it good whipping about twice per week, but, who think they ought not to bo whipped more than once in two years. His amusement was sliding down hill on nothing, binding somo boys, and preparing cayenne-pepper lozenges for iiiihuh-pecting cats. He was often heard to remark : Things hus got to get up 'n howl when Leonidas is around ! CIIAl'TEIt If. AT TWILIGHT. 1 una, sundown scene, the Interior of a well-preserved woodshed. The sound ot blows ami cries rent the solemn still ncss of t wilight's mystic hour, and the oiu man was iicuru saying; There, I guess that'll last vou for a dav i v u t i u inn. uj wiui your sass as long us 1 can I No reply -nothingbut deep-drawn sobs llllll IIUYeilllg BlgllM. i ue oki man inrew awav the slnm. aud walked into the house, and Leonidas sat on tho corner of ail old table to medi tate CHAPTER III. A BLOODY KKSOLVK. That's the last licking I'll ever take iroui any mortal man I whispered tho lad. shaking his ttst at tho kitchen door. And I'll make the old man sorry that he ever laid a strati over his onlv son 1 Ho resolved to run away and become a pirate l lie would sail the raging main, revel in murder, acquire ducats, and then come home and take revenge on his father. With Leonidas, to resolve was to execute. Ho entered the house, passed up stairs, and was soon engaged in making up a bundle, consisting of one pair of patched pauts, one photograph of his girl, one jack-knife, one cotton sock, and a few walnuts. That bundle was thrown out of the window, and then CJIAPT. I V. IjEONPIAS LOOKS AROUND the room for the last time. The bedstead looked familiar, the old blue chest in the corner hud a thousand tender memories connected with it, and the broken-down chair seemed to hold out its arms aud plead for him to stay. 1 would if tho old" man hadn't licked me, answered Leondias, but I'll show him what kind of a coflee-inill I am I He passed down stairs and halted to embrace the baby. He wasn't down on his mother, ami he gave her a sweet smile. He crawled in behind thestove and whispered to the dog : Good-bye, old Sampson. I'd liko to stay here, but I'm too old to be licked! Aud ho passed out of doors, and tho great wide world was before him. CUAI'TEK V. SOLEMN THOUGHTS. Securing his bundle, Leonidas crept into the buck yard to spc if it was really best for him to become a pirate. The polar wave chewed at his ears and reddened his nose, and he wondered if the pirate business wasn't pretty cold business. He didn't know whether it was best to make for Toledo or Chicago in order to become a buccaneer, but he finally passed through tho gate, llo walked around the house several times to catch a glimpse of his mother. It was hard to tear himself away. He knew how she w.ould take on next day, and the papers would call it another Charlie Ross case, and he decided to go into tho yard and think it over again. CHAPTER, VI. A RAY OF LIGHT. After a little time spent in thought, Leonidas decided that if his father would t.greo never to lick him again, and give him $2 per week to buy candy, ho would not run away and become a pirate. . lie would go Iti and mako tho proposition to the old man, aud if it should be rejected farewell to homo welcome a career of blood. He went in. No one bad noticed his absence, and each face looked as natural as if. ho hadn't been gone twenty-eight minutes. He felt some little delicacy about broaching the proposition, and,' as a "feeler," he asked the old man to lend him his knife. It was handed to him and returned after awhile, and Leonidas decided to put off making tho proposition until morning. He got into his little bed feeling that it was positively his last night, but the next forenoon ho was heard splitting wook in the back yard and saying to Jack Sparling; I've concluded to wait until ho licks me just once more, aud then nothing can slop mo nothing on earth. THE WEED AND VIOLET. A modest violet, blooming iu the hedge? row, was completely hidden from tho view of all by a largo weed, which bore coarsol gauclv flowers. The little violet was very lovely, bearing a great many very beautiful blossoms, and sending forth the sweetest perfumes; but she was otten very lonely and sad, for she had no irieiids near her, and the weed, her nearest naighbor, was very proud aud overbearing towards her. What aro your flowers compared with mine '( she would say to her. Who would notice such pale, delicate blossoms us yours? Mine are as largo again, and as tor your perfume of which vou are so proud, it is scattered to the winds, and no one is tho bettor lor it. Such Jittlo things as you, are seldom of much account iu the. world. Now, I am something to bo noticed. My brunches are long, aud I reach out my flowers to every passer-by, and who cau fail to praise them ? Then the little violet would hang her head lor very shame at tho thought of her own un worthiness, aud her neighbor's greatness. It must bo true, since the weed says so, sho would say to her little ljowrots. We aro too small to be of use to others, but we can, at least, bloom our brightest and f reshest for each other. We cannot have been made to droop our heads and die, so let us keep on blooming, and scatterour 1V granco on the summer breeze, and perchance some day we may be of some use. So the pule little beauties opened their eyes and tho bright sunbeams peeped ut them through the leaves which shaded tliein; the spring bruczes fanned them, and the dew kissed them night and lnorn-injr; and nowhere were there to be found violets so blue, or fragrance so. delicious as exhaled from the little bunch ol violets that bloomed ull alone in tho hedge. But one day the gardener camo by, and seeing the tall weed, exclaimed : . Whv ! how is it that this great weed has been left here so lonj; ? It would soon have scattered its noxious needs all amonir the flowers. It Js very fortunate that 1 found it so soon. I will soon settle you, my friend, and seizing the vecd by tho long branches of which it had boeu so proud, he pulled it up by the roots and threw it into the path. But as he did so, ho also threw out tho bunch of violets. ' Oh, papa, see I cried his little daughter, who was by his side, seo the beautiful flowers. Oh. how brisrht they are, and so fragrant ! I will put them iu my own little garden and take care of them every day. Will you plant them for me, papa? So Iter father carefully removed the violets from among tho foots of tho weed, J saying, as ho did so ; ihU weed has hidden them entirely from view. Thore is not another bunch of vioiets in the rarden that is so largo and lin riant us this. Only take cars of it, and you will have flowers for many mouths to come. So Hie violets were carried to tho garden bed, nnd watered, and cared tor ev cry day, und well did they repay tho foil that was given them, blooming brightly, und dcltxhUn" cverv one with their tie licious odor, while tho boasting weed lay and withered in tho path, trod upon by the mail who camo to view the beautiful violets. TOBACCO-USING. Its History and Effects. Tho tobacco plant i a native of America. It, was introduced into Europe after the discovery of the New World by Columbus. U was first used in Spain and Portugal, aud afterward introduced into England by Sir Walter Raleigh. It was soon afterward curried to into Fiance Germany, Russia and Italy. Iu Russia the use of tobacco was prohibited under penalty of tho bastinado for the iirst offense, loss of the nose for the second, and deprivation of life for tho third. In Holy all who used tobacco or snuff in church were excommunicated. Switzerland all users of tobacco were nuuirihed by the mngiistratc as criminals. In Constantinople a Turk was led through the street with his i.ose transfixed by a pipostein, as a warning to all smokers. The Shah of Persia treated tobacco-using as acapitul crime. James I. made earnest cflbrt to suppress the traffic in tobacco, placing heavy imports upon it. A brief glance ut a few statistics will show how enormous in the amount of to bacco raising and using at the time. present Iu 1858 tobacco cost England more than 40,000,000. Iu the year I860 it cost Franco the same sum. Last year it was estimated that tobacco cost.the English people more than bread. The United States annually pvliniiata in the culture of tobacco 400,000 acres of ua i icnesi son, anu employs 40,000 men, women, boys and girls in its manufacture. Iu 1842 the amount of tobacco used in this country amounted to seven pounds for each adult person. Holland has 1,000.000 sallow,cadaverous-looking people engaged in the manufacture of the various forms . of tobacco. The present annual production of t he weed is estimated by reliable authorities at 1,000,000,000 pounds, which must cost consumers at least $500,000,000. A scientist's expeiuence. A distinguished French savant, the Abbe Moigno, contributes to the discussion of (he tobacco question some interesting observations on tho influence of the weed ttpou his own mental power. For many years he. had been addicted to the habit of snuff-taking, though conscious of injurious results flowing from the practice. He renounced it again and again, but a relapse always followed. Iu 18G1 his daily allowance "of snuff was over twenty grammes, and he observed a rapid decay of tho faculty of memory. ue nat learned some lit teen hundred root words iu each of several languages. but found these gradually dropping out of his mind, so as to necessitate frequent recurrence to dictionaries. At lust he summoned resolution to break final I v with the use of tobacco iu my form, and after six yerrs of abstinence, writes us follows : "It was for us the commencement of a veritable resurrection of health, mind. and memory ; our ideas have become more lucid, our imagination more vivid. our work easier, our pen quicker, and wo have seen gradually return that army of words which had run away. Our memory, in a word, has recovered all its richeS, all Us sensibility. That tobacco. especially in tho form of snufl, is a per sonal enemy ot memory, which has destroyed, little by littre, and sometimes very promptly, can not bo doubted. Manv persons with whom wo lire ac quainted M. Dubrunfaut, the celebrated chemist for example have run tho sumo dangers and escaped them in the the sumo fashion, by renouncing tobacco, which wo do not hesitate to say harms the greatest part of those who employ it." let sensible people persist in using it many, indeed, who have hard work to get bread. Tobacco costs New York city far more than is paid for bread by tho inhabitants ot Iho wholo Stato. The First Trial of Salem Witches. The magistrates took seats iu front of the pulpit, faced the assembly, announced that they were - ready. The prisoners were brought iu aud put upon a platform iu sight of all present. Tho officers in charge of them said they had made "dili gent 'searcn lor images or puppets belonging to the accused, but had found none. Prayer was offered, and Sarah Good was examined. This woman was au object of general dislike l)er husband, a weak, dependent person, had becomo alienated from her. She was forlorn, friendless broken down by her sad condition and bad re pute. Tho minutes of examination are iu the hand writing of Ezckiel Cheevcr, the village schoolmaster, us follows : Sarah Good, what evil spirits have you familiarity with ? .None. Have you made no contract with tho Devil? No. Why do you hurt these children ? I do not hurt them; I scorn to do it. Who do yon employ then to do it ? I employ nobody. What cfoat uro do you employ then 2 No creature, but I am falsely accused. Why did you go away muttering from Mr. Parris' house ? I did not mutter, but I thanked him for what he gave my child. Havo you made no contract with the Devil? No. Hathorne, the magistrate, desired tho children, all of them, to look upon her; aud see if this was the person that hurt them, and so they all tlid look upon her, and said that this was one of tho persons that did torment thorn. Presently they were tormented. Sarah (iood, do you sec what you have done ? Why do you not tell us the truth? Why do you thus torment these poor children ? I do not torment them. Who do you employ then ? I employ nobody; 1 scorn it. How entno they Urns tormented ? What do I know? You bring othei'3 here, and now you charge me with it. Why, who was it ? I do" not know but it was some you brought Into the iiieetinglioit.se with you. Wc brought you into the inepliug house. But you brought in two more. Who was it then, that tormented the children? It was O'sburn. What is it you say when yon go muttering away from people's houses? If 1 must tell, I will tell. Do tell us. Then if 1 must tell, I will tell, it is the commandments. I may say my commandments, I hopo. What commandments is it ? If I must tell you, 1 will it is a psalm. What psalm? After a lottr time sho muttered over some part ot tho psalm. Whom do you servo ( Tho God that made heaven and earth, (though she was not willing to mention tho word liod.) iter answers were in a very wicked, spiteful manner, reflecting and retorting against the authority, with base and abusive words, with many lies she was taken in. It is alleged that her husband ind snjd that lie was afraid s)ie either was a witph, or would bo very quickly. The worshipful Mr. Hathorne askod liirn why he said so of her wheth er ho had overseen anything by her. Ho u.tswered: No, not in this nature; but it vas her bad carriage to him, and indeed, sttith he I may say with tears, that she is 6ti enemy to all good. Galaxy. Tho Turf, Field and farm of .1 unitary 29, publishes its annual list of '2;:t0 horses, leaiing off with Goldsmith Maid's great tliiD of 2:14 aud com hiding with a long list of 2:80 horr.es, giving a grand total of live hundred aud sixteen horses in the recird. HAPPY THOUGHT. That was the name of our society. "A strange otic ?" May be, but. tiller hearing Iho particulars relating to its christening, vou perhaps will not consider it a misnomer. Harold Thurston, Will Lvnn and his sister Kate had dropped in to npi-nd the evening, and for our Hint tthl enteriai i-ment Nell hud read a story aloud. A she expressed it, "she had been in a rummaging mood (hut uf teriioiui," a in I while sorting over her book.s and papers to her heart's content, had come across this t"i y in MS. It told of an old lady who was always having happy thoughts coirducivc of much pleasure und good to those aliout her. Many were ihe sick, sorrowing and troubled to whom she gave comim t and relief; most especially the little children hud reason to bless her happy thoughts. It was a simple little Christmas laic, yet it hud put us all in a pleasant mood, and wo chatted merrily over the old lady's ways and doings whih: eating our grapes. As our guests rose to leave, ll.u .dd exclaimed : What a plensant evening we have had ! I wish we might often meet. Why not organize a literary society, to meet in turn at our different home ? cried Nell. Happy thought, exclaimed Will, and Kate paused with her hut and shawl on iki mm, wiiuu jiaroiu lossc.i nn cap on tho table and took the seat he had just vacated. Let us organise to night, said Kate, and next week meet at our'house. In the meantime we can mention the subject to mo acquaintances we meet, and invite thorn to join with us. We will need otli-ccrs, I suppose ? No, replied Nell. At each meeting elect some one to take charge of the succeeding one. It will he their busimt, to seo that appropriate ciilcrlainmciit is provided. Wo can h ive select readings, essays, criticisms, debutes, of anvtliiixr that will be for our mutual profit and interest. It will bo best to have an admittance fee, and consequently we will need a treasurer, said Harold. 1 nominate Nell Winterx for tho office; all those in favor signify it by the usuul jdgn of the order. Harold had been a (Jood Ti-mphir; there was a laugh at his expense, but an unanimous aye. liut 1 don t want begun Nell, but Harold interrupted,- You are eluded, and each member is bound to do their best for tho good of their order. .What shall be done with tho cash? queried Kate. Wo will have no room to rent, neither light nor fuel to provide. Start h library connected with our society, replied Nell. Happy thought, again cried Will. We will not be able to purchase inunv books at first, but each year will add to our number. But who will select them ? Why not ask some one whom we consider competent to advise, to s'lvc us a list from which to choose ? proposed Harold.There is Dr. Day and Mrs. Nea!,:uiswer-ed Will, and Uncle Hathaway. So it was settled, and Will agreed to take Nell the next day to call upon tliein, tell them our plan, and ask their assistance in our choice. Will you take charge of our first meeting Kale? asketi Harold, aud on her absent continued, Then 1 think this is all that will bo necessary to do to-night. But the name ? Sura enough. I had forgotten' that; we want something striking, something that will take. Several were proposed, but none suited.Presently mother glanced up from her work, I think it has already been named, she said. What? asked Will. Happy Thought, she said with a smile. Goodl exclaimed Harojd; Just the thing! cried Will, and wc parted with maiiy pleasant anticipations of tho future. According to agreement, Will and Nell on the next dy called on Dr. Day aud Mrs. Neal. Uitcle Hathaway was away from home, but aunt promised to picsen't tho matter to him on his return. The lists were uiado out during the week, and Will presented Iheiu at our first meeting. There were ten present, ami owing to Kato's happy arrangement our first evening passed very satislactorily to all. Uncle Hathaway sent a letter requesting that the library might bo open to those not members of the society, on the purchase of a ticket; also that books suitable for children might be found among the number. If wo were suited with the plan, he offered five dollars toward it, and pledged himself to proctii ': a liko amount from several of his acquaintances.This arrangement va3 complied with, and wo started with fifteen volumes besides subscribing for two magazines, which were to come to our treasurer's address selections read from them at tho meeting, and then circulated iu town among the members. AU tllis happoued five years ago. Tho society still flourishes, although the founders have long since been scattered widely. Will Lynn is studying in a distant city, Kate is teacher in au academy, and IJai'old and Noll havo found a new home on a farm at tho West. Tho influence of their happy thought is still felt in Ihe old neighborhood, aud the library is a pleasure aud profit to tho wholo community, and if my recital of what wo accomplished will induco any ono to go aud do ULo-r wise, will it not have bv-cu a happy thought y A CHURCH INCIDENT. A religious paper published im New Orleans, the Soul h-westuru J'rcsbflerinii says ; Several years ago a devoted tni'tis- ter was conducting a tiravcr meeting in a quit and. pleasant tow.i in Mississippi. i he leader of the meeting chose as the subject of his remarks a portion of ilic filth chapter of Malhcw. As ho proceed ed to the tweut v-lhird and twent v-fourlh verses of that chapter, his heart caught the spirit of the Master's words and was enlarged with the importance of the direction contained in them. As he looked over tho audience hi eye caught the presence of two Christian ladies, who were well know to be on terms with each other not altogether friendly. The minister himself knew that, their grievances were such as not to allow them to speak to one another. Feeling the force of the Scripture on which he was speaking in its direct application to them, and not wishing to scent personal in his remarks, the minister turned his eyes away from them and appeared to ignore their presence. As ho proceeded, in order to turn attention away from ihe two sifters in question, Jio selected a good christian lady, sitting in the nearest pew immediately on his left hand, and apparently directed his address to her. His eye rested on her becauso ho supposed, in tho goodness of her heart, not an unkind feeling could ever bo indulged toward any ono and towa.nl whom an unfriendly teeling could not possibly bo cherished by another. Iu this way the minister supposed he would prcyent the uppearum-.e of being personal. Hut who can iupiginc the surprise of both speaker and audience when tuts laily, tlitis (lirocriy u ltlrcsscd. arose to her feet under the power and influences of the truth and iu the presence of the audience walked quietly to the opposite side of the house and cordially embraced a lady to whom she was not before willing to speak, and with tears of emotion besought her pardon aud reconciliation. The o fleet thus produced was so melting in its iufliicuco on the hearts of the other two sisters that they could no longer retain their seals, but both simultaneously arose and likewise in the presence of the audieuco embraced each other. fulfon f e I . : i lOsTAiii.istrEi) in 1831). Old Seiues j Vol.. xxxvi. ' Published Evory Friday by ! Tohn 13. WilliaiTis. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: One copy one year, in mlrnnr.c,. . . .$2 GO Cf Single copies in wrappers, ready for mailing, Five cents each. FRUIT TREES! E. S. GREEN, riUIKcvcr popular Nurseryman is ayain in the field, ready to receive ft4 orders from all who wish to secure .i-. lu st clsisn 1 ices, IShntljs, Evergreens, Kose. tc., tc. 13-1 m. ui.o. xi. AitTiii::, COLLECTING AGENT, Fl'i.T:V, I?lISSOlS$I. ftjTOTES and Accounts promptly collected lor a reasommie comuiMsioii. No charjros until collection; are made. Oi-'Fi-ii in old Hanii building, ill' stairs. room .no. 1 . January 8, 1S75. (f-tl'O AUOI.l'SlX'S W. IIAtlKIS, ATTORNEY AT LAY, rt'li'OX,. JHSRSOCKI. S""Ollice over Tucker's Drug Store. January 22, 1S75. 1j. W. McHJXXEY. ATTOilHE TT-A T-L A W, fulto.v, nussoriii, "OHAOTICKS in the Courts of Callaway A. nud adjoining counties. Ot'i ici: (For the present) in the Tklk-ORAcn I'rinl in;r Mouse. January Pi, 1874. (20-tf.) IV- iJJr . TVI. Rootos, DEN"TIST, (Successor to Dr. J. W. Veach.) IS now fully prepared to perform all Dental operations iu the best an 1 most scientific manner. All work warranted. Okfick Over old Bunk, Court street, Fulton, .Mo. January 2, 1S74. 7 ly ROB ERT . McPHEETERSr CONCORD, RIO. D KKDS.MOltTG AGES. &c.. prepared on reasonable terms. January 2. 1871. 17 tf JISTO. .A.. FLOOD, ATTORNEY AT LAW, FULTON.MO. WILT., practice in Callaway and adjoining counties. Okkick i n the Court Ilou.e. January 2, 1874. 8-ly-l -AND- 2 Corner Asylum and Nichols street, FULTON, MISSOUKI. : O : TETUUNIXO thanks for past favors and i respect fully request a continuance of the same. I desire to remind my friends and the public generally that I am still on hand with a large and well selected stock of Also, always on hand, Frosn Bread, :o.n.slx., ries And a good assortment or Orders for Weddings and Parties So- liclted. March 7, 1873. (lG-tf.) Fall and Winter STOCK OF Mrs. R Williams, FUITOtf, MO., KKK1S ONr 11 AND A riXK STOCK OP HATS, BOBJIIKTS, lVtithei's, I lowers, Ribbons, Laces,' Silks, VELVETS, CHIGNONS, PLATS, SWITCHES, And everything usually kept In a FOR SALS, VVALUABLF, farm for sale, near tin Auxvase (Presbyterian) Church, Cul- l;lv:iy eoutitv, Mo., contiiini ng . acres. Apply to ' J. P. HAWIMSO.N, Or to A. G. Harrison on the premises. December IS, 1S74. (0-3ni.) It. .T. I VrFrFli ItSOIV, 1875. MISCELLANEOUS. GILES BELL, IIAIU DRESSER AND BARBER, FU.TO, MISSOLIH. When you may wish any easy shave, As -food as limber ever fcuvc; .lust call on ine at my saloon. At morn or i ve or busy noon. I ci.rl and dress the hair with jraee, To suit the contour of the face. My room is neat anil towels clean, ScNsors sharp and K117.org keen. And v'rything, I think, you'll find To suit tin? taste and please the mind, At d ull toy art or skill can do. If you'll just call I'll do for you. February 12,175. U-3m. New Meat Market. nA VI Si purchased the shop formerly occupied by A. A. Mturz, we ask Hip patronage of the citizens of Fulton, We expect to keep the best Beef that can be had and ut reasonable terms for cash and cash only. Will pay cash for stock, and In order to do that we" must have the cash for Beef. Try Wii.i,. and 'Lisii. DAVIS & MORRIS. February 12. If 75. 14-3m. .JOHN A. 1IOCKAIIAY. 1. p. BAILKY. H0CKADAY & BA5LEY, Attorneys and Counsellors at Law, Fl'I.XOS, MISSOURI, WILL practice in the Courts of Callaway and adjoining counties, and will rive prompt, attention to ull business entrusted to their care. January S, 1875. (9-tf.J JOHN T. BROWN, DKALER IN fresl DroES, Meffldnes ani Chemicals, Fancy and Toilet Articles, Sponges, Brushes, Perfumery, &c, FULTON, MO. PHYSICIANS' PRESCRIPTIONS Carefully compounded. Sept. 18, M 74. 45iy. MARBLE WORKS. OLD RELIABLE. rnHE undersigned wquLI r '. ' '-rrtn'y ca I Hicnto iimnortlie public and csne- iJiyf those whose duty it becomes to decorate the last resting place of friends with suitable Crave Stones, that he is always pre pared, at 1113 out stand on Asylum street, to execute any work in this line, either ol American or Foreign Warble Of the best prudes and at prices that defy competition. My motto: Io iit isiaelion 9ia I'ay ! Call and ses. CHRISTIAN FISCHER. March 20. 1874. . 10-tf.J CiO TO Godfrey's Gallery WHERE PHOTOGRAPHS are made equal H to any in North Missouri, and the most beautiful P03CLAIN PICTURES. GEMS As cheap and good as they can be had anywhere. A few copies of , mwimu mimi cestificates, Still on hand. Special pains taken with Children, and in Copying. 1I.I.EU V Over llerdon & Harris' Drug Store. March 31, 1871. 20-tf.l CALLAWAY COUNTY Savings Bank, FULTON, MO. EDWIX ITRU, W. T. S.'ELI, .President. Cashier. DIRECTORS : D. M. TUCICEK, JNO. A. HOCKADAY, T. 15. NESBIT, W. T. SXELL, ' EDWIN CUKD. WILL do a General Banking and Exchange Business. Collections and Re-fnittanccs Promptly Made. January 2, 1S74. (8-tf.) BLACKSMITH I NG, AND HORSE SHOEING. HT AM NOW prenarpd to do all JL kinds of liliirksniithing in the neatest, most substantial aud ex-s petitions manner. - ALL WORK WARRANTED. IIOUSK-SIIOEING $l.GO I will pay especial attention to HORSE SHOEING, And Hatter myself that 1 can give entire satisfaction to nil who favor me with their patronage. I employ only first class workmen and superintend all work done at my establishment. Shop on Nichols street, just behind Tkleoravh office. A. SLOAN. Oct. 13, 1S71. 48-tf.J . Hew IBloomSeld ESR'Cm STORE. rpiUS establishment Is now in receipt of a J full line of all articles kept in llrst class Drug stores, such as Medicines and Chemicals, Perfnmery, Toilet Articles, Stationery, Oils, Paints and Dye Stuffs, Lamps and Coal Oil and Patent Medicines ! CHOICE CIGARS AND TOBACCO! THE BEST OF 1 1 hum nail iwimi 11 t mi i mum aim mucij Kept on hand, sliictly for fiedica! Purposes. fciSr-INescripiioiis Carefully Com- touiiit'i."-ia J. S. BAKER 11. I. Dee. 5, 1S7:I. i4-3m.) ' 'ri I. SKTTI.EMEST, i xr',,t'B is ,,or,,,-v given ,hnt 1 wm nt I ! n.ivl l-n- term nf till. C.llnir.. III!" I,' . ....... ...... v, ... ( 111 T, J eotintv court, conuncneinjr on Monday. Slav 17. 1 S75. make a final settlement of my atf-mi ni.-t ration of t-he estate of Eliza M. Grif-llilli, defeased. MAI! TIN Tt. GRIFFITH. Adm'r. February 20, 1875. JKMw.J :no. 17 MISCELLANEOUS j Jas. W. B oth. J. N. nooTn. Thos. Bodth. t ESTABLISHED 1SJ8. J. W. Bocili c Sons, 1 1 j Nos. 4C0 &. 402 N. Second St., ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI. SPKCI A L attention given to Ihe sale of I.ear Tobacco. miliary 2!). 1875. (12 Cm.) VICK'S For 1ST5. Published Quarterly. .Tanutiiv Number just issued, and contains over ItHlpneti, fico Engravings, descriptions of more ll,.-iii TOO of our tet Flowers and Vegetal,, with Directions for Culture. Colored Plate, etc. The most useful and elegant work of i lie kind in the world. Only 25 cents for the year. Published in English and Of rfmin. Address, JAMES Vi:K. Jio liesler, N. V. December 18, 1874. Iti-3w.J BL ACKSMITHING ! I DOITED respectfully announce to mv friends and customers that I 1 nve removed to inv new lion Just east of 'D. M. & J. H. Tucker's Drv Oooils store, where 1 am prepared to do all kinds of BLACKSMITH2KG, on reasonable terms, on short notice and in a wwrMiiniijike manner, lor c-A-K-Jl. Thankful for past patronage and hope to merit a continuance of iliu mine. WILSON W. P1MS. October 8, 1874. (4S-0m.) INSURANCE AGENCY. IF. S. PO REPRESENTS THE . Connecticut Mn Life mm Cir,:::,j cf n i t a if aaruora. conn. - - Assets Jan. 1, T3, StS-,6'1113 FIRE COEIPAIJIES. CONTINENTAL--c0- 0F N- YORK, PHffiNIX OF HARTFORD. Assets, Jan. 1, '73, $l,aK2,;4(.55 AMERICAN CENTRAL INS. CO., OF ST. LOUIS, M0. $544,9 I3.GS. ST- JOSEPH FIRE AND MARINE INS. CO. OF ST. JOSEPH, M0. Assets .....$-194, 157. 3R. These Companies are all A No. 1. The rates are fair, and those desiring insurance should cull on the undersigned at once. POSTOU. 39-1 v. August S, 1873. FCITON, MISiSOMlI. CAPITAL STOCK $50,000, With Power to Increase Same to $250,000. F. G. NICHOLS WM. Li, WHEELER Pkesipf.xt. Cashier. WILT. Duy and Sell Exchange on St. Louis and Eastern Cities; also. Cold Silver. County and City Warrants and ITncnr-rent Money. Accommodation? Afforded, Deposits Received and Coitertions Made Promptly. am) Remitted at Current Kates on Exchange. Board of Directohs. F. i. Nichols, I. W. Boulware, Win. L. Wheeler, R. W.Turem.'.n and Wm. IT. Itailcy. May 30, 1873. 25ly.i CITY Boot and Shoe Store ! LOOK OUT AND OO TO WILLIARISOrS, Southwest Corner 1'ublic Square, Fulton, Missouri. ALL LOVFOR CASH Gents' Calf Sewed Hoots,. Gents' Calf Pegged P.oots,. Gents' Kip Pegged Pxiots, Boys' Call Pegged Hoots, Youths' Calf and Kip Roots. Ani tfcs Best .Kcrlzr&t of MEN'S ANDB0YS' SHOES. Imdics' Fine French Kid Shoes, (."row ami side lace ;) Misses French Kid Shoes, (front and side lace.) Also the most complete assortment ol Childrens' Wear in Callaway county. MANUFACTURED WEAR. lie is prepared to manufacture nM kinds of MEN'S WEAK in the best manner of the best material and a perfect fit. NO FIT, NO PAY. :' ON .A.. "Williamson, Southwest Comer Public Squr.ro October 10, 1873. ; (40-tf.) A t M-J.a III 1 f! III! i lb ( 5. f : 1 n 1 H i ST IV 1:1 . 3

It A ""Ji! L"J.'1'F "'"I'dM i ihf i Wii! liaaaaigaHBPB&MjBBCTii JMmM.WIIIUyffiiniai MHFIIMJ,tMMJIWI jXTITC). . 11 i , ft r-' 3 VOL. XXX. lultott Iclcqrai)!!. THEY LIVE BY CHEATING. This is What a Colored Man Says of the Radicals. Some Sensible Views as Expressed by an Ex-Slave to a Newspaper Correspondent. In a Shreveport (La.) loiter, dated the 15ll, to the (JinciiuiHli Commercial a correspondent writes that there is a colored man here who litis done what not one in a quarter of a million of his race have succeeded in doing since emancipation. Born and reared a slave, he has since the war accumulated about twelve thousand dollars' worth ot property. The name of tills man is Abucr Hall, lie has the confidence and respect of all classes and colors. In company with a friend I went around to see Hall. lie works at the foundry of J j. W. Jones as a pattern-maker, earning good wages, and putting in every day. I asked him about the political situation of his race in this region, and first as to his own political views. lie said he had always voted with the white people, and used all his influence with his race to get them to do so. "The white people own this country," he said, "and we must live hero if wo live aaywhere. A cold country such as up North doesn't suit. us. This is our home, and wo must be at peace with the white people. They will do the fair thing, if the colored, people do. My idea is that the Conservative party is the party for us colored people to go into. They always nominate the best men for office, and always go for a peaceable government and low taxes. These high taxes which the Radicals put on the country finally come out of the poor negro, if he had sense enough to see it. A while party and a black party, such as we have had so much of here, will ruin any country. Look what is has done for Louisiana. The Radical party is a cheating party. Look how they got us all to de- Ixisit our money in what limy called the i'reednmn's baiik and then stole it. Little do they for the nigger except to get his voto and steal what little money he makes through the banks.'.' ' "Did you lose anything by the Frecd-itimi's bank," I asked. "No, sir; but I had a whole year's earnings in there, and just just did get it out in lime. 1 smelt a rat. I took it out and put it in a bank run by men who live here, nud who 1 know will do right. The uext. day I tried to get out $59 that n friend had' in tho old trap, but it had done ehut down, and the money went up ihe spout. Ah, sir, you don't know how much worry and suffering the poor colored men have had about that bank. ttomo had in -$.'100, and Troin that all the way down to fifty cents. -- 'That, sir, is just one of the main reasons why the Conservatives carried tho election in this parish. Tho colored men voted with them right straight along. I think I influenced as many as two hundred myself. I recou more. I worked as hard as I could. I put in my time, for I knew I was doing a good work for my aace." "The Conservatives carried the election did they ?" "Yc, sir, carried it in this paris by over sit hundred majority, as true us you tti" 1 stand here. The counting out of the men wo elected to tho Legislature was l.h biggest' cheat that ever was. What's the use of haviug an election if thev can do. that? The Radical party live by cheating. It is all that they have got to go on. Nobody pretends tiiat I hey carried the election in this parish. You can't find a Radical who will say it. They know we can beat them, and tho Returning board cheated us out of what we had airly won. The Conservative party, sir, its much as has been said about it, would not do that mean." "Did the colored men vote the Conservative ticket freely and voluntarily ?" "Yes, sir ; the election was the fairest nd most quiet wo have ever had here. Everybody says that. But the Returning board counted in the very men that were beaten. What's the use of having an election when they can do that way t" 1 mentioned that it was necessary to count out a few Conservatives so as to give tho Republicans the Legislature. But idr. Hall protested that it was no fair wav to do, and that if the will of the majority can bo set aside that way, we had as well abolish elections and give tho country over entirely to tho Returning boards. .". ESSAY ON" WOMAN. Women are like everything else in this world a very mixed up affair. According to our own observation there aro Women good and womcu bad, ' Woinu gay and women sad. Women big ai.d women small, Women short and women full, Women fat and women lean, ' Women sweet and women mean, Women young and w omen old. Women bought and women sold. Women poor and women rich, And a good many more women sich. The first women in this world was Eve. Eva was a bad girl. She didn't belong to the good templars. Eve liked applo r.idcr too well she wanted her's dry. We never saw Eve, but they say she was a prttty girl. Her fellow was r chap by tho name of . Adam. We ncvea wont to school with him. Eve was like tho rest of her sisters just tell her not'lo lo a thing aud sho would bo sure to do It. Eve must have been a country girl. She didn't care much for fashion, and she made her own clothes without a sewing machine. She would bo rather behind the times should she visit us now. Somo women are very pretty. We don't lifce pretty women there ore al-wavs so many fellows around them. They remind us of a lot of Hies on a molasses stick. Wo like tho molasses but bother the flies. Good women aro plenty in this country, but they will never tell you of it ; von Imvfi trot trail 'cm out yourself Had women are everywhere. They are like rotten apples jn a barrel of good ones apt to throw their decayed influences around -tlicm. They will always try to m.iKo you believe they are good. Don't take a bud woman. She is counterfeit treasure. Look out for trade mark. (iav women aro jolly fellows; always on a laugh, they make you feel good clear to your sleeve buttons. A sad woman ought to wear spectacles with pink-colored glasses in them. That would make Iter look at tho world in a different light. Wo don't know that we like a big woman better than a little one. If she is so big that a step ladder is required to kisi her, wo most respectfully decline in f ivor of the 'small one. As wo reflect further on this subject, wo come to tho conclusion that tho small ones arc always preferable. They have a lenueney l,ang tlioiiiselves around a fellow and we want to furnish tho material for a ''Te'ht.ainean woman. We feel like flavins "deliver us from evil," whenever wo see one. But give us a sweet woman on of nature's own ch.ldren-wttli rosy cheeks aud loving eyes with a noble hearl, a high-toned mind, a pure soul and S healthy body, refined in taste, developed i.. intellect; bo sho poor or rich, voU" or old, largo or small-to such a Jne we could say, "fly unto our arms, darling; we love you." GOSSIP ABOUT STATESMEN. Some Entertainincr Sketches in the United Statose Senat Chamber. Speaking of Johnson recalls Brown-low says the Washington correspondent of tho New york World who is to the Senate what Stephens is to the House. Attendants curry him twice a day to and from his chair, at the extreme left ol the President's desk, 'close to the door. There he sits, pale, attenuated, ghostly, never speaking, never smiling, voting by signs and apparently lifeless, save for the perpetual quiver nnd twitch of a terrible palsy. Such is "Parson Brownlow, of Tennessee." In fitct there are so many disabled Sen ators that the Government has had to put an elevator in their wing to carry them up and down stairs. Morton is partially paralyzed ; Wright, of Iowa, is l.titte; Clayton, a handsome young man, has lost an arm; and Kerry, of Connecticut, is a victim of sonre spinal ditliculty. lie has Sumner's' seat, which being n tho outer row, is very easy of access. Sumner was a very unpopular man among the employes of the Senate the door-keepers and pnges aver that he never vouchsafed them a "good morning." Even his dear Africans ho loved better in tho spirit than iu tho flesh, and they knew it. Personally he was self-satisfied and pompous; association with him was difficult, unless every superiority was conceded to bo his. .J till in Ward Howe went to hint once for some charitable subscription: Madam, said the great Charles, do you think I have -time for individual charities ? My purpose is to reform the world. Forgive me, Mr. Sumner, sho replied, for asking you; but perhaps you forget the Savior of ihe world found time to bless little children. Tipton, Schurz and Fintoti you can distinguish directly from Nitst's caricatures. Tipton is a funny little fellow, Schurz an admirable speaker, but Fen- ton has the most courtly manners in the Senate. Hamlin, of Maine, always wears a dress coat, never an over-coal, Ilis colleague, Mr. Morrill, is the signer of tho Maine Liquor Law. Ho and Mr. Lane of Indiana, met on their way to the Chicago Convention of 18G0. 1 am very much interested in the agriculture of your country, said Senator Morrill; what do you do with all thN corn 'i Well sir, replied Lane, whose constituents' had probably never heard of prohibition law, wo spoil a little of it for bread and put tho rest into whisky.'' Flanniigaii, of Flannogan's Mill's, Texas, is a jolly old fellow, who says whar and thar and rouses the echoes generally when he speaks. Roberlson wears jewelry of fabulous value emerald sleeve-buttons worth a fortune, and diamond studs that ,ould make the idols of Indian jealous. It must not be Inlcrrod -from Hamlin and Robertson that full dress and bijouterie arc common in the Senate, Fur from it. One distinguished gentleman sticks to old clothes from policy. He owes an election to them he says. One of. his friends stumped a district for hint in which lie was unpopular because they said he was an aristocrat. Aristocrat indeed, said the speaker with great enthusiasm, you ought to sco hup. Every rug of clothes ho has in the world isn't worth $10. Gordon, tho Confederate General, i3 a fine-looking, 6okliei'ly fellow. There are llags captured from his itixni in the Onlfiance Museum here. . Bayord, of Delcwarc is the third generation of Senators jti his family. Freliughuysen is something of a swell. ' Edmunds, his neighbor, is the most qunrclsomo of Senators. Tint it n a it looks and moves like Beechcr. Dorsey is only thirty-seven years old, the baby of tho Senate. Cameron is the oldest Senator. Dorsey, Allison and Oglesby have young and pretty wives. Mrs. Senator Sprague was a famous beauty, and is now though her loveliness shines not on us.. bprague canto to the Senate with great prestige, but never lived up to his reputation. However much he may havo disappointed some expectations, he has one universal respect by the promptness with which ho faced his financial milt. His luxurious home here is dismantled, all appurtenances in the way of servants aud carriages dismissed, aud an excellent example set to one or two gcnleiucn of this city, who would bo materially improved by following it. Stewart and Joues are two poor, impecunious miners, with only a few millions a niece Joues especially whose income per month is $250,000. Stewart has built a famous house here, epitomizing all the orders aud disorders knows in architecture, and crowned with the thunderbolt ot immortal love for lightning rods. - STATE SENATOR MoINTYRE. Mr. D. II. Mclntyrc.State Senator from this district, has made an excellent record and impression during his career as a legislator. In debate he is regarded one of the ablest members of the Senate aud as a faithful, honest and industrious representative of the iutcrests of his constituents uoue of his colleagues are his superior. A correspondent of the St. Louis Bepublican who evidently is not ono of your peiiny-a-lino pufiisls says of him : " A long, lean, cadavous,awkward-looking man is Senator Mclutyre. Mr. Wc-In tyre is the Senator from the Ninth district, his place of residence, Mexico, Audrain county. He is a native of Missouri a lawyer by profession, 41 years of age, married, and a Democrat. To judge from his appearance would je to judye tho man incorrectly. At the Senatorial caucus lie delivered his maiden speech, which surprised all who heard hint, and which was intended as a rebuke for the members of his party the gentleman from the Sixth in iiarticular who were indulging in the trickery so common when a Senatorial light is iu progress, liis speech turned - the tide in favor of open, fair and honorable- dealings, and tho result goes to show that his cll'jtls to show up the bummer element were crowned with success. He is considered ouu of the foremost incii in the Senate and his record will show that while ho is strongly iu favor of rclrcuchi'it-iit and reform, ho has never yet ussocialcd himself with what is known us "the honest farmer dodge." Mr. Mclutyre is not en joying the best health in tho world, yet lie is generally found at his pout. . THE DANCE.' ; Dancing itself is a harmless and healthful amusement when not carried to excess; but the seeds ot death are too often sown iu tho ball room, not from (lancing but from the circumstances under which it is curried on. For instance, what can be more likely to produce appoplcxy or eonie serious illness than the practice of eating ices when thoroughly heated by violent exercise ? Again, the atmosphere of many a ball room, crammed as it often is with three times as many people as it can comfortably contain is enough ot itself to poison any one not accliinflti.cd to suffocation by previous training. Then there aro tho sudden changes.of temperature to which young ladies, insufliciontly chid, arc exposed on leaving tho heated rooms as thev return home, overtired and in precisely the siiine condition under which such clitinjres of temperiture are likely to affect them if they have any tendency to luiig-diheuwo. The Into hours also, which uro necessarily kept in the season, cannot be other-wise than prejudicial to the health, both old and young, and probably cattso many illnesses that are unjustly credited to other sources. Mrs, Moulton once threw her arms around Breeder's neck on the way to praye meeting and asked her husband to save this good man. FULTON, CALLAWAY COUNTY, MISSOURI, MAIICII 5, HOW A DETROIT BOY TURNED ! PIRATE. ClIAI'TKU I. THE HOY. He was oiio of that kind of boys who need it good whipping about twice per week, but, who think they ought not to bo whipped more than once in two years. His amusement was sliding down hill on nothing, binding somo boys, and preparing cayenne-pepper lozenges for iiiihuh-pecting cats. He was often heard to remark : Things hus got to get up 'n howl when Leonidas is around ! CIIAl'TEIt If. AT TWILIGHT. 1 una, sundown scene, the Interior of a well-preserved woodshed. The sound ot blows ami cries rent the solemn still ncss of t wilight's mystic hour, and the oiu man was iicuru saying; There, I guess that'll last vou for a dav i v u t i u inn. uj wiui your sass as long us 1 can I No reply -nothingbut deep-drawn sobs llllll IIUYeilllg BlgllM. i ue oki man inrew awav the slnm. aud walked into the house, and Leonidas sat on tho corner of ail old table to medi tate CHAPTER III. A BLOODY KKSOLVK. That's the last licking I'll ever take iroui any mortal man I whispered tho lad. shaking his ttst at tho kitchen door. And I'll make the old man sorry that he ever laid a strati over his onlv son 1 Ho resolved to run away and become a pirate l lie would sail the raging main, revel in murder, acquire ducats, and then come home and take revenge on his father. With Leonidas, to resolve was to execute. Ho entered the house, passed up stairs, and was soon engaged in making up a bundle, consisting of one pair of patched pauts, one photograph of his girl, one jack-knife, one cotton sock, and a few walnuts. That bundle was thrown out of the window, and then CJIAPT. I V. IjEONPIAS LOOKS AROUND the room for the last time. The bedstead looked familiar, the old blue chest in the corner hud a thousand tender memories connected with it, and the broken-down chair seemed to hold out its arms aud plead for him to stay. 1 would if tho old" man hadn't licked me, answered Leondias, but I'll show him what kind of a coflee-inill I am I He passed down stairs and halted to embrace the baby. He wasn't down on his mother, ami he gave her a sweet smile. He crawled in behind thestove and whispered to the dog : Good-bye, old Sampson. I'd liko to stay here, but I'm too old to be licked! Aud ho passed out of doors, and tho great wide world was before him. CUAI'TEK V. SOLEMN THOUGHTS. Securing his bundle, Leonidas crept into the buck yard to spc if it was really best for him to become a pirate. The polar wave chewed at his ears and reddened his nose, and he wondered if the pirate business wasn't pretty cold business. He didn't know whether it was best to make for Toledo or Chicago in order to become a buccaneer, but he finally passed through tho gate, llo walked around the house several times to catch a glimpse of his mother. It was hard to tear himself away. He knew how she w.ould take on next day, and the papers would call it another Charlie Ross case, and he decided to go into tho yard and think it over again. CHAPTER, VI. A RAY OF LIGHT. After a little time spent in thought, Leonidas decided that if his father would t.greo never to lick him again, and give him $2 per week to buy candy, ho would not run away and become a pirate. . lie would go Iti and mako tho proposition to the old man, aud if it should be rejected farewell to homo welcome a career of blood. He went in. No one bad noticed his absence, and each face looked as natural as if. ho hadn't been gone twenty-eight minutes. He felt some little delicacy about broaching the proposition, and,' as a "feeler," he asked the old man to lend him his knife. It was handed to him and returned after awhile, and Leonidas decided to put off making tho proposition until morning. He got into his little bed feeling that it was positively his last night, but the next forenoon ho was heard splitting wook in the back yard and saying to Jack Sparling; I've concluded to wait until ho licks me just once more, aud then nothing can slop mo nothing on earth. THE WEED AND VIOLET. A modest violet, blooming iu the hedge? row, was completely hidden from tho view of all by a largo weed, which bore coarsol gauclv flowers. The little violet was very lovely, bearing a great many very beautiful blossoms, and sending forth the sweetest perfumes; but she was otten very lonely and sad, for she had no irieiids near her, and the weed, her nearest naighbor, was very proud aud overbearing towards her. What aro your flowers compared with mine '( she would say to her. Who would notice such pale, delicate blossoms us yours? Mine are as largo again, and as tor your perfume of which vou are so proud, it is scattered to the winds, and no one is tho bettor lor it. Such Jittlo things as you, are seldom of much account iu the. world. Now, I am something to bo noticed. My brunches are long, aud I reach out my flowers to every passer-by, and who cau fail to praise them ? Then the little violet would hang her head lor very shame at tho thought of her own un worthiness, aud her neighbor's greatness. It must bo true, since the weed says so, sho would say to her little ljowrots. We aro too small to be of use to others, but we can, at least, bloom our brightest and f reshest for each other. We cannot have been made to droop our heads and die, so let us keep on blooming, and scatterour 1V granco on the summer breeze, and perchance some day we may be of some use. So the pule little beauties opened their eyes and tho bright sunbeams peeped ut them through the leaves which shaded tliein; the spring bruczes fanned them, and the dew kissed them night and lnorn-injr; and nowhere were there to be found violets so blue, or fragrance so. delicious as exhaled from the little bunch ol violets that bloomed ull alone in tho hedge. But one day the gardener camo by, and seeing the tall weed, exclaimed : . Whv ! how is it that this great weed has been left here so lonj; ? It would soon have scattered its noxious needs all amonir the flowers. It Js very fortunate that 1 found it so soon. I will soon settle you, my friend, and seizing the vecd by tho long branches of which it had boeu so proud, he pulled it up by the roots and threw it into the path. But as he did so, ho also threw out tho bunch of violets. ' Oh, papa, see I cried his little daughter, who was by his side, seo the beautiful flowers. Oh. how brisrht they are, and so fragrant ! I will put them iu my own little garden and take care of them every day. Will you plant them for me, papa? So Iter father carefully removed the violets from among tho foots of tho weed, J saying, as ho did so ; ihU weed has hidden them entirely from view. Thore is not another bunch of vioiets in the rarden that is so largo and lin riant us this. Only take cars of it, and you will have flowers for many mouths to come. So Hie violets were carried to tho garden bed, nnd watered, and cared tor ev cry day, und well did they repay tho foil that was given them, blooming brightly, und dcltxhUn" cverv one with their tie licious odor, while tho boasting weed lay and withered in tho path, trod upon by the mail who camo to view the beautiful violets. TOBACCO-USING. Its History and Effects. Tho tobacco plant i a native of America. It, was introduced into Europe after the discovery of the New World by Columbus. U was first used in Spain and Portugal, aud afterward introduced into England by Sir Walter Raleigh. It was soon afterward curried to into Fiance Germany, Russia and Italy. Iu Russia the use of tobacco was prohibited under penalty of tho bastinado for the iirst offense, loss of the nose for the second, and deprivation of life for tho third. In Holy all who used tobacco or snuff in church were excommunicated. Switzerland all users of tobacco were nuuirihed by the mngiistratc as criminals. In Constantinople a Turk was led through the street with his i.ose transfixed by a pipostein, as a warning to all smokers. The Shah of Persia treated tobacco-using as acapitul crime. James I. made earnest cflbrt to suppress the traffic in tobacco, placing heavy imports upon it. A brief glance ut a few statistics will show how enormous in the amount of to bacco raising and using at the time. present Iu 1858 tobacco cost England more than 40,000,000. Iu the year I860 it cost Franco the same sum. Last year it was estimated that tobacco cost.the English people more than bread. The United States annually pvliniiata in the culture of tobacco 400,000 acres of ua i icnesi son, anu employs 40,000 men, women, boys and girls in its manufacture. Iu 1842 the amount of tobacco used in this country amounted to seven pounds for each adult person. Holland has 1,000.000 sallow,cadaverous-looking people engaged in the manufacture of the various forms . of tobacco. The present annual production of t he weed is estimated by reliable authorities at 1,000,000,000 pounds, which must cost consumers at least $500,000,000. A scientist's expeiuence. A distinguished French savant, the Abbe Moigno, contributes to the discussion of (he tobacco question some interesting observations on tho influence of the weed ttpou his own mental power. For many years he. had been addicted to the habit of snuff-taking, though conscious of injurious results flowing from the practice. He renounced it again and again, but a relapse always followed. Iu 18G1 his daily allowance "of snuff was over twenty grammes, and he observed a rapid decay of tho faculty of memory. ue nat learned some lit teen hundred root words iu each of several languages. but found these gradually dropping out of his mind, so as to necessitate frequent recurrence to dictionaries. At lust he summoned resolution to break final I v with the use of tobacco iu my form, and after six yerrs of abstinence, writes us follows : "It was for us the commencement of a veritable resurrection of health, mind. and memory ; our ideas have become more lucid, our imagination more vivid. our work easier, our pen quicker, and wo have seen gradually return that army of words which had run away. Our memory, in a word, has recovered all its richeS, all Us sensibility. That tobacco. especially in tho form of snufl, is a per sonal enemy ot memory, which has destroyed, little by littre, and sometimes very promptly, can not bo doubted. Manv persons with whom wo lire ac quainted M. Dubrunfaut, the celebrated chemist for example have run tho sumo dangers and escaped them in the the sumo fashion, by renouncing tobacco, which wo do not hesitate to say harms the greatest part of those who employ it." let sensible people persist in using it many, indeed, who have hard work to get bread. Tobacco costs New York city far more than is paid for bread by tho inhabitants ot Iho wholo Stato. The First Trial of Salem Witches. The magistrates took seats iu front of the pulpit, faced the assembly, announced that they were - ready. The prisoners were brought iu aud put upon a platform iu sight of all present. Tho officers in charge of them said they had made "dili gent 'searcn lor images or puppets belonging to the accused, but had found none. Prayer was offered, and Sarah Good was examined. This woman was au object of general dislike l)er husband, a weak, dependent person, had becomo alienated from her. She was forlorn, friendless broken down by her sad condition and bad re pute. Tho minutes of examination are iu the hand writing of Ezckiel Cheevcr, the village schoolmaster, us follows : Sarah Good, what evil spirits have you familiarity with ? .None. Have you made no contract with tho Devil? No. Why do you hurt these children ? I do not hurt them; I scorn to do it. Who do yon employ then to do it ? I employ nobody. What cfoat uro do you employ then 2 No creature, but I am falsely accused. Why did you go away muttering from Mr. Parris' house ? I did not mutter, but I thanked him for what he gave my child. Havo you made no contract with the Devil? No. Hathorne, the magistrate, desired tho children, all of them, to look upon her; aud see if this was the person that hurt them, and so they all tlid look upon her, and said that this was one of tho persons that did torment thorn. Presently they were tormented. Sarah (iood, do you sec what you have done ? Why do you not tell us the truth? Why do you thus torment these poor children ? I do not torment them. Who do you employ then ? I employ nobody; 1 scorn it. How entno they Urns tormented ? What do I know? You bring othei'3 here, and now you charge me with it. Why, who was it ? I do" not know but it was some you brought Into the iiieetinglioit.se with you. Wc brought you into the inepliug house. But you brought in two more. Who was it then, that tormented the children? It was O'sburn. What is it you say when yon go muttering away from people's houses? If 1 must tell, I will tell. Do tell us. Then if 1 must tell, I will tell, it is the commandments. I may say my commandments, I hopo. What commandments is it ? If I must tell you, 1 will it is a psalm. What psalm? After a lottr time sho muttered over some part ot tho psalm. Whom do you servo ( Tho God that made heaven and earth, (though she was not willing to mention tho word liod.) iter answers were in a very wicked, spiteful manner, reflecting and retorting against the authority, with base and abusive words, with many lies she was taken in. It is alleged that her husband ind snjd that lie was afraid s)ie either was a witph, or would bo very quickly. The worshipful Mr. Hathorne askod liirn why he said so of her wheth er ho had overseen anything by her. Ho u.tswered: No, not in this nature; but it vas her bad carriage to him, and indeed, sttith he I may say with tears, that she is 6ti enemy to all good. Galaxy. Tho Turf, Field and farm of .1 unitary 29, publishes its annual list of '2;:t0 horses, leaiing off with Goldsmith Maid's great tliiD of 2:14 aud com hiding with a long list of 2:80 horr.es, giving a grand total of live hundred aud sixteen horses in the recird. HAPPY THOUGHT. That was the name of our society. "A strange otic ?" May be, but. tiller hearing Iho particulars relating to its christening, vou perhaps will not consider it a misnomer. Harold Thurston, Will Lvnn and his sister Kate had dropped in to npi-nd the evening, and for our Hint tthl enteriai i-ment Nell hud read a story aloud. A she expressed it, "she had been in a rummaging mood (hut uf teriioiui," a in I while sorting over her book.s and papers to her heart's content, had come across this t"i y in MS. It told of an old lady who was always having happy thoughts coirducivc of much pleasure und good to those aliout her. Many were ihe sick, sorrowing and troubled to whom she gave comim t and relief; most especially the little children hud reason to bless her happy thoughts. It was a simple little Christmas laic, yet it hud put us all in a pleasant mood, and wo chatted merrily over the old lady's ways and doings whih: eating our grapes. As our guests rose to leave, ll.u .dd exclaimed : What a plensant evening we have had ! I wish we might often meet. Why not organize a literary society, to meet in turn at our different home ? cried Nell. Happy thought, exclaimed Will, and Kate paused with her hut and shawl on iki mm, wiiuu jiaroiu lossc.i nn cap on tho table and took the seat he had just vacated. Let us organise to night, said Kate, and next week meet at our'house. In the meantime we can mention the subject to mo acquaintances we meet, and invite thorn to join with us. We will need otli-ccrs, I suppose ? No, replied Nell. At each meeting elect some one to take charge of the succeeding one. It will he their busimt, to seo that appropriate ciilcrlainmciit is provided. Wo can h ive select readings, essays, criticisms, debutes, of anvtliiixr that will be for our mutual profit and interest. It will bo best to have an admittance fee, and consequently we will need a treasurer, said Harold. 1 nominate Nell Winterx for tho office; all those in favor signify it by the usuul jdgn of the order. Harold had been a (Jood Ti-mphir; there was a laugh at his expense, but an unanimous aye. liut 1 don t want begun Nell, but Harold interrupted,- You are eluded, and each member is bound to do their best for tho good of their order. .What shall be done with tho cash? queried Kate. Wo will have no room to rent, neither light nor fuel to provide. Start h library connected with our society, replied Nell. Happy thought, again cried Will. We will not be able to purchase inunv books at first, but each year will add to our number. But who will select them ? Why not ask some one whom we consider competent to advise, to s'lvc us a list from which to choose ? proposed Harold.There is Dr. Day and Mrs. Nea!,:uiswer-ed Will, and Uncle Hathaway. So it was settled, and Will agreed to take Nell the next day to call upon tliein, tell them our plan, and ask their assistance in our choice. Will you take charge of our first meeting Kale? asketi Harold, aud on her absent continued, Then 1 think this is all that will bo necessary to do to-night. But the name ? Sura enough. I had forgotten' that; we want something striking, something that will take. Several were proposed, but none suited.Presently mother glanced up from her work, I think it has already been named, she said. What? asked Will. Happy Thought, she said with a smile. Goodl exclaimed Harojd; Just the thing! cried Will, and wc parted with maiiy pleasant anticipations of tho future. According to agreement, Will and Nell on the next dy called on Dr. Day aud Mrs. Neal. Uitcle Hathaway was away from home, but aunt promised to picsen't tho matter to him on his return. The lists were uiado out during the week, and Will presented Iheiu at our first meeting. There were ten present, ami owing to Kato's happy arrangement our first evening passed very satislactorily to all. Uncle Hathaway sent a letter requesting that the library might bo open to those not members of the society, on the purchase of a ticket; also that books suitable for children might be found among the number. If wo were suited with the plan, he offered five dollars toward it, and pledged himself to proctii ': a liko amount from several of his acquaintances.This arrangement va3 complied with, and wo started with fifteen volumes besides subscribing for two magazines, which were to come to our treasurer's address selections read from them at tho meeting, and then circulated iu town among the members. AU tllis happoued five years ago. Tho society still flourishes, although the founders have long since been scattered widely. Will Lynn is studying in a distant city, Kate is teacher in au academy, and IJai'old and Noll havo found a new home on a farm at tho West. Tho influence of their happy thought is still felt in Ihe old neighborhood, aud the library is a pleasure aud profit to tho wholo community, and if my recital of what wo accomplished will induco any ono to go aud do ULo-r wise, will it not have bv-cu a happy thought y A CHURCH INCIDENT. A religious paper published im New Orleans, the Soul h-westuru J'rcsbflerinii says ; Several years ago a devoted tni'tis- ter was conducting a tiravcr meeting in a quit and. pleasant tow.i in Mississippi. i he leader of the meeting chose as the subject of his remarks a portion of ilic filth chapter of Malhcw. As ho proceed ed to the tweut v-lhird and twent v-fourlh verses of that chapter, his heart caught the spirit of the Master's words and was enlarged with the importance of the direction contained in them. As he looked over tho audience hi eye caught the presence of two Christian ladies, who were well know to be on terms with each other not altogether friendly. The minister himself knew that, their grievances were such as not to allow them to speak to one another. Feeling the force of the Scripture on which he was speaking in its direct application to them, and not wishing to scent personal in his remarks, the minister turned his eyes away from them and appeared to ignore their presence. As ho proceeded, in order to turn attention away from ihe two sifters in question, Jio selected a good christian lady, sitting in the nearest pew immediately on his left hand, and apparently directed his address to her. His eye rested on her becauso ho supposed, in tho goodness of her heart, not an unkind feeling could ever bo indulged toward any ono and towa.nl whom an unfriendly teeling could not possibly bo cherished by another. Iu this way the minister supposed he would prcyent the uppearum-.e of being personal. Hut who can iupiginc the surprise of both speaker and audience when tuts laily, tlitis (lirocriy u ltlrcsscd. arose to her feet under the power and influences of the truth and iu the presence of the audience walked quietly to the opposite side of the house and cordially embraced a lady to whom she was not before willing to speak, and with tears of emotion besought her pardon aud reconciliation. The o fleet thus produced was so melting in its iufliicuco on the hearts of the other two sisters that they could no longer retain their seals, but both simultaneously arose and likewise in the presence of the audieuco embraced each other. fulfon f e I . : i lOsTAiii.istrEi) in 1831). Old Seiues j Vol.. xxxvi. ' Published Evory Friday by ! Tohn 13. WilliaiTis. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: One copy one year, in mlrnnr.c,. . . .$2 GO Cf Single copies in wrappers, ready for mailing, Five cents each. FRUIT TREES! E. S. GREEN, riUIKcvcr popular Nurseryman is ayain in the field, ready to receive ft4 orders from all who wish to secure .i-. lu st clsisn 1 ices, IShntljs, Evergreens, Kose. tc., tc. 13-1 m. ui.o. xi. AitTiii::, COLLECTING AGENT, Fl'i.T:V, I?lISSOlS$I. ftjTOTES and Accounts promptly collected lor a reasommie comuiMsioii. No charjros until collection; are made. Oi-'Fi-ii in old Hanii building, ill' stairs. room .no. 1 . January 8, 1S75. (f-tl'O AUOI.l'SlX'S W. IIAtlKIS, ATTORNEY AT LAY, rt'li'OX,. JHSRSOCKI. S""Ollice over Tucker's Drug Store. January 22, 1S75. 1j. W. McHJXXEY. ATTOilHE TT-A T-L A W, fulto.v, nussoriii, "OHAOTICKS in the Courts of Callaway A. nud adjoining counties. Ot'i ici: (For the present) in the Tklk-ORAcn I'rinl in;r Mouse. January Pi, 1874. (20-tf.) IV- iJJr . TVI. Rootos, DEN"TIST, (Successor to Dr. J. W. Veach.) IS now fully prepared to perform all Dental operations iu the best an 1 most scientific manner. All work warranted. Okfick Over old Bunk, Court street, Fulton, .Mo. January 2, 1S74. 7 ly ROB ERT . McPHEETERSr CONCORD, RIO. D KKDS.MOltTG AGES. &c.. prepared on reasonable terms. January 2. 1871. 17 tf JISTO. .A.. FLOOD, ATTORNEY AT LAW, FULTON.MO. WILT., practice in Callaway and adjoining counties. Okkick i n the Court Ilou.e. January 2, 1874. 8-ly-l -AND- 2 Corner Asylum and Nichols street, FULTON, MISSOUKI. : O : TETUUNIXO thanks for past favors and i respect fully request a continuance of the same. I desire to remind my friends and the public generally that I am still on hand with a large and well selected stock of Also, always on hand, Frosn Bread, :o.n.slx., ries And a good assortment or Orders for Weddings and Parties So- liclted. March 7, 1873. (lG-tf.) Fall and Winter STOCK OF Mrs. R Williams, FUITOtf, MO., KKK1S ONr 11 AND A riXK STOCK OP HATS, BOBJIIKTS, lVtithei's, I lowers, Ribbons, Laces,' Silks, VELVETS, CHIGNONS, PLATS, SWITCHES, And everything usually kept In a FOR SALS, VVALUABLF, farm for sale, near tin Auxvase (Presbyterian) Church, Cul- l;lv:iy eoutitv, Mo., contiiini ng . acres. Apply to ' J. P. HAWIMSO.N, Or to A. G. Harrison on the premises. December IS, 1S74. (0-3ni.) It. .T. I VrFrFli ItSOIV, 1875. MISCELLANEOUS. GILES BELL, IIAIU DRESSER AND BARBER, FU.TO, MISSOLIH. When you may wish any easy shave, As -food as limber ever fcuvc; .lust call on ine at my saloon. At morn or i ve or busy noon. I ci.rl and dress the hair with jraee, To suit the contour of the face. My room is neat anil towels clean, ScNsors sharp and K117.org keen. And v'rything, I think, you'll find To suit tin? taste and please the mind, At d ull toy art or skill can do. If you'll just call I'll do for you. February 12,175. U-3m. New Meat Market. nA VI Si purchased the shop formerly occupied by A. A. Mturz, we ask Hip patronage of the citizens of Fulton, We expect to keep the best Beef that can be had and ut reasonable terms for cash and cash only. Will pay cash for stock, and In order to do that we" must have the cash for Beef. Try Wii.i,. and 'Lisii. DAVIS & MORRIS. February 12. If 75. 14-3m. .JOHN A. 1IOCKAIIAY. 1. p. BAILKY. H0CKADAY & BA5LEY, Attorneys and Counsellors at Law, Fl'I.XOS, MISSOURI, WILL practice in the Courts of Callaway and adjoining counties, and will rive prompt, attention to ull business entrusted to their care. January S, 1875. (9-tf.J JOHN T. BROWN, DKALER IN fresl DroES, Meffldnes ani Chemicals, Fancy and Toilet Articles, Sponges, Brushes, Perfumery, &c, FULTON, MO. PHYSICIANS' PRESCRIPTIONS Carefully compounded. Sept. 18, M 74. 45iy. MARBLE WORKS. OLD RELIABLE. rnHE undersigned wquLI r '. ' '-rrtn'y ca I Hicnto iimnortlie public and csne- iJiyf those whose duty it becomes to decorate the last resting place of friends with suitable Crave Stones, that he is always pre pared, at 1113 out stand on Asylum street, to execute any work in this line, either ol American or Foreign Warble Of the best prudes and at prices that defy competition. My motto: Io iit isiaelion 9ia I'ay ! Call and ses. CHRISTIAN FISCHER. March 20. 1874. . 10-tf.J CiO TO Godfrey's Gallery WHERE PHOTOGRAPHS are made equal H to any in North Missouri, and the most beautiful P03CLAIN PICTURES. GEMS As cheap and good as they can be had anywhere. A few copies of , mwimu mimi cestificates, Still on hand. Special pains taken with Children, and in Copying. 1I.I.EU V Over llerdon & Harris' Drug Store. March 31, 1871. 20-tf.l CALLAWAY COUNTY Savings Bank, FULTON, MO. EDWIX ITRU, W. T. S.'ELI, .President. Cashier. DIRECTORS : D. M. TUCICEK, JNO. A. HOCKADAY, T. 15. NESBIT, W. T. SXELL, ' EDWIN CUKD. WILL do a General Banking and Exchange Business. Collections and Re-fnittanccs Promptly Made. January 2, 1S74. (8-tf.) BLACKSMITH I NG, AND HORSE SHOEING. HT AM NOW prenarpd to do all JL kinds of liliirksniithing in the neatest, most substantial aud ex-s petitions manner. - ALL WORK WARRANTED. IIOUSK-SIIOEING $l.GO I will pay especial attention to HORSE SHOEING, And Hatter myself that 1 can give entire satisfaction to nil who favor me with their patronage. I employ only first class workmen and superintend all work done at my establishment. Shop on Nichols street, just behind Tkleoravh office. A. SLOAN. Oct. 13, 1S71. 48-tf.J . Hew IBloomSeld ESR'Cm STORE. rpiUS establishment Is now in receipt of a J full line of all articles kept in llrst class Drug stores, such as Medicines and Chemicals, Perfnmery, Toilet Articles, Stationery, Oils, Paints and Dye Stuffs, Lamps and Coal Oil and Patent Medicines ! CHOICE CIGARS AND TOBACCO! THE BEST OF 1 1 hum nail iwimi 11 t mi i mum aim mucij Kept on hand, sliictly for fiedica! Purposes. fciSr-INescripiioiis Carefully Com- touiiit'i."-ia J. S. BAKER 11. I. Dee. 5, 1S7:I. i4-3m.) ' 'ri I. SKTTI.EMEST, i xr',,t'B is ,,or,,,-v given ,hnt 1 wm nt I ! n.ivl l-n- term nf till. C.llnir.. III!" I,' . ....... ...... v, ... ( 111 T, J eotintv court, conuncneinjr on Monday. Slav 17. 1 S75. make a final settlement of my atf-mi ni.-t ration of t-he estate of Eliza M. Grif-llilli, defeased. MAI! TIN Tt. GRIFFITH. Adm'r. February 20, 1875. JKMw.J :no. 17 MISCELLANEOUS j Jas. W. B oth. J. N. nooTn. Thos. Bodth. t ESTABLISHED 1SJ8. J. W. Bocili c Sons, 1 1 j Nos. 4C0 &. 402 N. Second St., ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI. SPKCI A L attention given to Ihe sale of I.ear Tobacco. miliary 2!). 1875. (12 Cm.) VICK'S For 1ST5. Published Quarterly. .Tanutiiv Number just issued, and contains over ItHlpneti, fico Engravings, descriptions of more ll,.-iii TOO of our tet Flowers and Vegetal,, with Directions for Culture. Colored Plate, etc. The most useful and elegant work of i lie kind in the world. Only 25 cents for the year. Published in English and Of rfmin. Address, JAMES Vi:K. Jio liesler, N. V. December 18, 1874. Iti-3w.J BL ACKSMITHING ! I DOITED respectfully announce to mv friends and customers that I 1 nve removed to inv new lion Just east of 'D. M. & J. H. Tucker's Drv Oooils store, where 1 am prepared to do all kinds of BLACKSMITH2KG, on reasonable terms, on short notice and in a wwrMiiniijike manner, lor c-A-K-Jl. Thankful for past patronage and hope to merit a continuance of iliu mine. WILSON W. P1MS. October 8, 1874. (4S-0m.) INSURANCE AGENCY. IF. S. PO REPRESENTS THE . Connecticut Mn Life mm Cir,:::,j cf n i t a if aaruora. conn. - - Assets Jan. 1, T3, StS-,6'1113 FIRE COEIPAIJIES. CONTINENTAL--c0- 0F N- YORK, PHffiNIX OF HARTFORD. Assets, Jan. 1, '73, $l,aK2,;4(.55 AMERICAN CENTRAL INS. CO., OF ST. LOUIS, M0. $544,9 I3.GS. ST- JOSEPH FIRE AND MARINE INS. CO. OF ST. JOSEPH, M0. Assets .....$-194, 157. 3R. These Companies are all A No. 1. The rates are fair, and those desiring insurance should cull on the undersigned at once. POSTOU. 39-1 v. August S, 1873. FCITON, MISiSOMlI. CAPITAL STOCK $50,000, With Power to Increase Same to $250,000. F. G. NICHOLS WM. Li, WHEELER Pkesipf.xt. Cashier. WILT. Duy and Sell Exchange on St. Louis and Eastern Cities; also. Cold Silver. County and City Warrants and ITncnr-rent Money. Accommodation? Afforded, Deposits Received and Coitertions Made Promptly. am) Remitted at Current Kates on Exchange. Board of Directohs. F. i. Nichols, I. W. Boulware, Win. L. Wheeler, R. W.Turem.'.n and Wm. IT. Itailcy. May 30, 1873. 25ly.i CITY Boot and Shoe Store ! LOOK OUT AND OO TO WILLIARISOrS, Southwest Corner 1'ublic Square, Fulton, Missouri. ALL LOVFOR CASH Gents' Calf Sewed Hoots,. Gents' Calf Pegged P.oots,. Gents' Kip Pegged Pxiots, Boys' Call Pegged Hoots, Youths' Calf and Kip Roots. Ani tfcs Best .Kcrlzr&t of MEN'S ANDB0YS' SHOES. Imdics' Fine French Kid Shoes, (."row ami side lace ;) Misses French Kid Shoes, (front and side lace.) Also the most complete assortment ol Childrens' Wear in Callaway county. MANUFACTURED WEAR. lie is prepared to manufacture nM kinds of MEN'S WEAK in the best manner of the best material and a perfect fit. NO FIT, NO PAY. :' ON .A.. "Williamson, Southwest Comer Public Squr.ro October 10, 1873. ; (40-tf.) A t M-J.a III 1 f! III! i lb ( 5. f : 1 n 1 H i ST IV 1:1 . 3